Matthew Cox

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Matthew Bevan Cox, commonly known as Matthew Cox, also sometimes known as Matthew B. Cox and Matt Cox, is an American felon and con man who has been convicted of conspiracy and grand theft. Cox, also an aspiring author, wrote an unpublished manuscript entitled The Associates in which the main character traveled the country committing mortgage fraud just as Cox later did. While incarcerated he has been working on a crime thriller, A Shark In The Housing Pool: Memoir Of A Secret Service's Most Wanted, which chronicles his life on the run. Cox falsified documents to make it appear that he owned properties, and then fraudulently obtained several mortgages on them for five to six times their actual worth. He acquired millions of dollars this way; estimates report the amount at between US$5 and $25 million. Cox's first conviction occurred in 2002 when he was sentenced to probation for mortgage fraudshow more